Kentucky·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9039

Best Education Administrator, All Other programs in Kentucky, ranked by enrollment

All education administrators not listed.

15 schools in Kentucky run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,296 people a year. The job pays a median of $102,610 in Kentucky across about 530 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
1,296
in Kentucky
Median pay · Kentucky
$102,610
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
530
people employed
Schools
15
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
53%
across those schools
Median net price
$19,816
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Kentucky that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

6 programs in Kentucky that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Kentucky (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Kentucky page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.0499In Kentucky
593
45.8%
7$37,480$23,000
2
CIP 13.0401In Kentucky
416
32.1%
13$37,480$23,000
3
CIP 13.0406In Kentucky
219
16.9%
4$37,480$23,000
4
CIP 13.0404In Kentucky
39
3.0%
4$37,480$23,000
5
CIP 52.0206In Kentucky
26
2.0%
3$43,506$25,000
6
CIP 13.0411In Kentucky
3
0.2%
2$37,480$23,000

Top 15 schools in Kentucky

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 15 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
485Educational Administration and Supervision, Other50%$11,67299%
2University of Louisville
Louisville, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
214Higher Education/Higher Education Administration61%79%
3Spalding University
Louisville, KY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
93Educational Administration and Supervision, Other52%$23,66199%
4Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
67Educational Leadership and Administration, General52%68%
5Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY Public · 3 feeder programs
62Educational Leadership and Administration, General56%94%
6Murray State University
Murray, KY Public · 3 feeder programs
60Educational Leadership and Administration, General61%86%
7University of Pikeville
Pikeville, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
58Educational Leadership and Administration, General42%$13,886
8Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
53Educational Leadership and Administration, General42%$18,82480%
9Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
48Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision50%78%
10University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY Public · 3 feeder programs
47Educational Leadership and Administration, General71%93%
11Asbury University
Wilmore, KY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
44Educational Leadership and Administration, General65%$19,81663%
12Morehead State University
Morehead, KY Public · 2 feeder programs
25Educational Leadership and Administration, General52%77%
13Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
17Educational Leadership and Administration, General64%$22,54286%
14Union Commonwealth University
Barbourville, KY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
16Educational Leadership and Administration, General32%$28,38663%
15Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Educational Leadership and Administration, General49%$12,66691%

All 15 schools in Kentucky

Every school in Kentucky with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Kentucky that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgPrivate not-for-profit4851
University of LouisvilleLouisvillePublic2142
Spalding UniversityLouisvillePrivate not-for-profit932
Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland HeightsPublic672
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling GreenPublic623
Murray State UniversityMurrayPublic603
University of PikevillePikevillePrivate not-for-profit581
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvillePrivate not-for-profit532
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondPublic482
University of KentuckyLexingtonPublic473
Asbury UniversityWilmorePrivate not-for-profit443
Morehead State UniversityMoreheadPublic252
Bellarmine UniversityLouisvillePrivate not-for-profit174
Union Commonwealth UniversityBarbourvillePrivate not-for-profit162
Georgetown CollegeGeorgetownPrivate not-for-profit71

What education administrators, all other earn in Kentucky

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Kentucky
$102,610
Mean annual
$103,520
Jobs in state
530
What the range looks like
10th pct$71,680Median$102,61090th pct$132,910
Versus the national median
+7.8%

U.S. median $95,200. Kentucky pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.74×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Kentucky

Lexington-Fayette, KY
$104,690median
30 jobs
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$86,200median
70 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.5%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
4,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,500
60,200 → 61,700
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Education Administrators, All Other page.

How to become a Education Administrator, All Other

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Kentucky

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 11 majors mapped to Education Administrators, All Other11 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0401Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • 13.0402Administration of Special Education
  • 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.0404Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
  • 13.0406Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • 13.0410Urban Education and Leadership
  • 13.0411Superintendency and Educational System Administration
  • 13.0412International School Administration/Leadership
  • 13.0413Education Entrepreneurship
  • 13.0499Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • 52.0206Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing education administrators, all other programs in Kentucky.

What degree do you need to become an Education Administrator, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Educational Administration and Supervision, Other, which awarded 593 degrees in Kentucky in 2024-25, 45.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Education Administrator, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 1,296 people a year in Kentucky.

How much do education administrators, all other earn in Kentucky?+

The median is $102,610 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 7.8% above the U.S. median of $95,200. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for education administrators, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Kentucky?+

15 institutions in Kentucky reported graduates from at least one of the 6 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'Less than 5 years' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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